Improved harness-buckle



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GEORG-E PURPLE, OF WELLINGTON, OI-IIO.

IM PROVED HARNESS-BUCKLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. $5541, dated October 4, 1864.

To all trhom 'it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE PURPLE, of"

y clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichmy said buckle and strap having the tug secured to it. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section through the same.

It is well known that the great difliculty in the use of buckles consists in the strain resting entirely upon the tongue ot' the buckle, whereby said tongue is either broken or bent or the tongue holes in the tug are worn out. Another difiieulty consists in inserting the tongue into the hole ofthe tug or in withdrawingittherei'rom. This difficulty arises from the oblique or almost horizontal position of the l tongue in rol-ation to the buckle-frame, which requires in buckling or unbucklingthat the tug should be drawn sufticiently tight to perA mit the end'of the tongue to enter or to recede from the hole inthe tug. rIhese difficulties are entirely removed in my buckle, which is constructed in such a manner that the strain upon the tongue is greatly reduced and that the latter stands in a vertical or almost Vertical position in relation to the buckle frame.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de scribe its construction and operation.

A represents the buckle-frame. lIhe strap B is secured to it by means of the metal piece C, which is fitted over the cylindrical bar D,

and which can freely turn thereon. rIhe piece C secured to the strap B by means of the rivets a, and has a tongue, b, secured to its upper side, which stands perpendicular, cr nearly so, thereon and on the buckle-frameot the buckle.

E represents the tug. It is passed through the buckle-frame in such a manner as to bear against the lower sides of the bars e d of said i trame, and itis provided with holes g, in one Figure 1 represents a perspectlve view of' of which the tongue b is inserted. VVheu the tug is applied to the buckle in the manner described andis drawn tight, it is firmly pressed against the lower sides of the bars c d and against the upper side of the piece C near the bar D, and the greater the strain upon it the harder it will press upon the buckle at those points, and thus the strain upon the tongue b is reduced to a great extent, and the tongue is thus relieved from pressure.

In fastening or unt'asteniug this buckle the strap B and tug E are gripped where the latter overlaps the former, the end d of the buckleframe is then depressed. This will raise the end c, and the tug E can be raised and be released from or applied to the tongue b without pulling the tug.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, what I claim herein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination ofthe buckle-frame A with the metal piece O, tongue b, strap B, and tug E, when constructed and operated substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

GEORGE PURPLE.

Vitnesses J. H. Dickson. S. D. BACON. 

